Stepping away should be seen as honorable. Somehow, on both sides of the aisle, that is not seen often. I hate ageism, but there is the reality individual by individual things can slide off. A lot of the current democratic congress critters likely feel they are holding on to give the good fight. But that doesn’t work well when your mind begins tripping you up.
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Certainly I am not saying age is a disqualifier. But it is the norm in the Senate. Fauci is not a Senator on a red-carpet ride making civil policy (except for medical ones) and making decisions whether our entire government acts or dithers.
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Exactly. It is dangerous in a lot of ways, including that any of them are one mini-stroke away from us losing a seat. Having your entire bench averaging in the high 70s-80s puts you at high-risk all by itself.
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So am I but then I’m not in the Senate.
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And/or Biden. Joe could have some buttons to push colleague to colleague.
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Hamlet spoiler alert. Everybody dies.
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Yeah well I would argue that Fauci’s job is just about as important at the moment.
But I know he isn’t in the Senate - he is just an example of someone who is extremely capable at 80.
Maybe you should run for the Senate.
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The people who coached him to say that phonetically could have had more fun:
“Soy un reptil que come bichos con mi lengua grande.”
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Tough to win an argument about “Senate tradition” with a guy who was in the Senate for 36 years.
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Who are they going to trot out there if the recall is successful? Darrell Issa?
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The House needs to have more seats, then the large states would have more representation on that side. It’s been almost 100 years since that was adjusted.
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Gotta wonder what’s going through their heads. Cripple the buster and Biden could have one of the most progressive admins since FDR.
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Despite this change, speaking as a Californian, I’m open to her retiring.
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It will be hard to hug Lady G since he is so often on his knees.
Oh please…retire already and while Newsom is governor and can appoint a Democrat!
Feinstein should have retired 10 years ago…she’s become a Republican stooge over the years.
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I hear Duncan Hunter got a pardon.
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And a divorce: Margaret Hunter Files For Divorce From Convicted Congressman Duncan Hunter | KPBS Public Media
Can allegedly straight gop’ers run for office without a spouse? Is that permitted?
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"the times, they are a changing’ " - Bob Dylan, songwriter
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The Chamber can hold 600-700 members. Make the number one for every 500,000 citizens, or at least one per state. Makes for easy math.
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And then do something similar for the Senate. Say 2 minimum, with another Senator for every 4M people so we can end the disproportionate representation of the flyover states and break senate gridlock.
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